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Garmin grows smart adventure watch line with solar charging models.  Garmin Outdoor's Rehan Nana chats with Techstination.

Shooting the comet Neowise and more: Princeton astrophotographer, professor and mathematician Bob Vanderbei in Techstination interview

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  UHoo…spelled u h o o…is a device designed to be the most advanced air quality monitor on the market.  It looks like a nicely styled cylindrical Bluetooth speaker….is easily connected to your WiFi network…and then goes to work employing sensors to give you read outs via an app on simple stuff like temperature, humidity and air pressure….and also levels of CO2, organic volatile compounds, Ozone and more.  Nine in all.  Co-founder Justin Jefferson Onghanseng…

“When you sleep at night if all your windows are closed and you don’t have enough ventilation,  your carbon dioxide levels may get elevated.”

Affecting your sleep quality and even, perhaps leaving you with a headache.  UHoo works silently and smartly and is priced at about 329 dollars.  You can find more info at www.uhooair.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  With so many sports camps for kids being cancelled this summer….two time NBA champ and well known broadcaster Kenny The Jet Smith…decided to take his camp…for kids of all levels…virtual.   He has an all star line up …that will participate live..

“Trae Young, who’s an NBA all star, Kemba Walker, four time NBA all star, I have Victor Oladipo, two time NBA all star, Breanna Stewart, WNBA MVP, Sue Byrd, MVP of the league…and we basically become your personal trainer for two hours of the day.  And you become part of this community and you get to work out and you just press on…and it’s live.”

Or you can catch up on demand. The Jet Academy begins next week.  Pricing is as low as 29 dollars a month…for an annual membership.  Find more at www.jetacademycamp.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

Techstination Week is a compilation of this week's Techstination reports with tech journalist and host Fred Fishkin.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  An online site that uses real world problems to teach math and science.  Mindsets.com has been working with many schools and teachers…and these days…families can take advantage with self paced learning for a variety of age levels.  Founder and CEO Marissa DiPasquale…says teens, for instance, can learn to use equations to evaluate job offers with data taken from the real world..

“And so by that type of learning experience… it also not only builds their skills in understanding how linear equations work, it also helps them see practically the world around them and helps to build their life skills.”

There is content designed for middle schoolers and up.  They have projects in more than seventy languages.  Find more at www.mindsets.com.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

Digital Wellbeing: Google offers tools to help you find balance.   Google's Molly VandenBerg chats with Techstination.

Techstination, your destination for gadgets and gear.  I’m Fred Fishkin.  The online neighborhood platform Nextdoor is offering free tools to local business owners to help them get things moving again.  Head of Product Tatyana Mamut…

“For the first time, we’re making it possible for local businesses to post directly into the Nextdoor news feed instantly.  It’s free and you don’t need to work to get followers on Nextdoor.  When you post, it goes out immediately to the whole neighborhood.”

The info you need is at www.nextdoor.com/localbusiness.  Nextdoor has also made some news of late for its decision to discontinue a feature that allowed users to send posts to their local police departments.  That came due to concerns that some posts were being used for racial profiling.

You can find us at Techstination.com.  I’m Fred Fishkin.

There's growth in high tech indoor gardening: Rise Gardens CEO Hank Adams chats with Techstination.

What sets Bluesound high res speakers apart?: Product Manager Matt Simmonds in Techstination interview.